129P/Shoemaker-Levy
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Discovery | |
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Discovered by: | Carolyn S. Shoemaker Eugene Merle Shoemaker David H. Levy |
Discovery date: | February 7, 1991 |
Alternate designations: | 1990 XXVII; 1996 U1 |
Orbital characteristics A | |
Epoch: | March 6, 2006 |
Aphelion distance: | 4.676 AU |
Perihelion distance: | 2.807 AU |
Semi-major axis: | 3.741 AU |
Eccentricity: | 0.2497 |
Orbital period: | 7.237 a |
Inclination: | 5.0108° |
Last perihelion: | June 5, 2005 |
Next perihelion: | 2012 |
129P/Shoemaker-Levy, also known as Shoemaker-Levy 3, is a periodic comet in our solar system.
This comet should not be confused with Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 (D/1993 F2) which spectacularly crashed into Jupiter in 1994.
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